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Are these Daly settings correct

dayfly

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cell low volt 2.5
sum volt high, 3.65 * 8
sum volt low, 2.5 * 8
dif volt protection, .4
sleep waiting time - I don't know what this is, but the BMS going to sleep may cause problems. I'd investigate this and either set it sufficiently high as to not interfere with operation or disable it if possible.

chg high temp 45°C
chg low temp protect 3°C (give yourself a little wiggle room)
dsch high temp 45°C
dsChg low temp -20°C
 
I'd recommend a bigger margin from both ends, max to 3.6 ( as over 3.65 is the absolute no-go zone ) and discharge to 2.8. You'll lose less than 1% capacity but will gain in Battery lifetime and safety.

To the sleep waiting time - just put 65535 and it will never go to sleep - this is the behavior we usually want.

Ah about the parallel batteries. I have a similar setup - built my fist bank of 16x280ah Eve batteries. Realized it was not enough and decided to build another one. I read a lot about putting both in parallel and came also to know about this parallel module from Daly. I read in other forum that the only thing it does is to let the BMS know the amperage between the two BMS so it can manage any spikes.

I decided to give it a try without this extra module per two reasons: My batteries are apart from each other by 15m and i want the setup to be simpler as possible.

When i connected them at first time (with a two input/one output switch), i made it sure that both average voltages were a match. I set both Daly's to not let battery charge or discharge over 1C( 280A). I saw some current flow of around 10A for about 15min until it stabilized.

I have disconnected the banks many times after that, having one running and other in standby and reconnected them with SOC difference about 50% (this was the largest gap I connected once). With 50% I saw a spike of 160A, after 30s it was down to 60A and they went to equilibrium in about more or less 1 hour.

You need a T-fuse in both battery banks when you connect them in parallel. In my experience i think the BMSs are able to manage the situation in a calm manner, if the SOC gap is really huge - lets say 90% (which I have controls to not happen) so the BMS will see a current overload and disconnect the MOS, You'll need then to manually either discharge or charge banks aiming for a voltage match to have them back connected and online.

I have some automation on Homeassistant and nodered to prevent any BMSs to be back online with big SOC gap and also all automations that triggers MOS on/off are also minding the situation. I know these are software controls, but ultimatelly i expect the BMS to disconnect in case it happens, and if the BMS does not, the fuse should do the job. If all controls fails, letś say the battery have a surge of charge/discharge of 5C it will be for a short time. Although is not great for the batteries, i don't belive it alone will cause some serious trouble to the batteries, but wiring may suffer.

This is my experience and it's up to you. I personally stay with my controls over whatever Daly have implemnted as i am not sure about what it is and what it does exactly...
 

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